007 - Motion Picture (R)

Series of still pictures on film, with or without sound,
designed to be projected in rapid succession to produce the
optical effect of motion.

When field 007/00 contains code m, it contains special coded
information about the physical characteristics of a
motion picture.

Character
Positions

00 - Category of material

m - Motion picture

01 - Specific material designation

Special class of motion picture to which the item belongs.,
e.g., a film reel.

c - Film cartridge

f - Film cassette

o - Film roll

r - Film reel

Includes sound track film intended to accompany visual
images actually not present.

u - Unspecified

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

02 - Undefined

# - Undefined

Contains blank (#) or a fill character (|).

03 - Color

Color characteristics of a motion picture.

b - Black-and-white

c - Multicolored

h - Hand colored

m - Mixed

n - Not applicable

Color characteristics are not applicable because the item
has no images.

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

04 - Motion picture presentation format

Presentation format for motion pictures.

a - Standard sound aperture (reduced
frame)

Used for non-wide-screen formats.

b - Nonanamorphic (wide-screen)

Wide-screen effect without optically compressing the
image or requiring the use of special projection
techniques.

c - 3D

d - Anamorphic (wide-screen)

e - Other wide-screen format

f - Standard silent aperture (full frame)

35 mm. film on which the exposed picture is approximately
the width of the space between the perforation holes of
the frame.

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

05 - Sound on medium or separate

Whether the sound is on the item or separate from the item.

# - No sound (silent)

a - Sound on medium

b - Sound separate from medium

u - Unknown

| - No attempt to code

06 - Medium for sound

Specific medium used to carry the sound of an item (whether
that sound is carried on the item itself or is in the form
of accompanying material) and the type of sound playback
required.

# - No sound (silent)

a - Optical sound track on motion picture
film

b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture
film

c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge

d - Sound disc

e - Magnetic audio tape on reel

f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette

g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion
picture film

h - Videotape

i - Videodisc

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

07 - Dimensions

Width of a motion picture.

a - Standard 8 mm.

b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.

c - 9.5 mm.

d - 16 mm.

e - 28 mm.

f - 35 mm.

g - 70 mm.

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

08 - Configuration of playback channels

Configuration of playback channels for the sound portion of
a motion picture.

k - Mixed

More than one configuration of playback channels is
available on a single motion picture.

m - Monaural

n - Not applicable

Film is silent, has no sound or sound is on separate
medium (007/05 contains b).

q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or
surround

s - Stereophonic

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

09 - Production elements

Whether the film is part of a complete production or is a
preliminary or post-production element.

a - Workprint

Print from the original camera footage which is edited to
a fine degree to achieve the final version.

b - Trims

Sections of shots remaining after the desired portions
have been incorporated into the workprint.

c - Outtakes

Shots discarded in the editing of a film.

d - Rushes

First positive prints from the laboratory of the previous
day's shooting.

e - Mixing tracks

Separate sound tracks that are combined for the final
film sound track.

f - Title bands/inter-title rolls

Printed captions or titles separated from their
corresponding picture.

g - Production rolls

Various types of production elements (film usually wound
on cores) before they are cut and assembled into reels.

n - Not applicable

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

10 - Positive/negative aspect

Whether the film is positive or negative.

a - Positive

Colors and/or tonal values are the same as the original
subject matter.

b - Negative

For a black-and-white film, tonal values are the opposite
of those in the original subject matter. For a color
film, tonal values are the complements of the original
subject matter (e.g., red appears as green in a color
negative).

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

11 - Generation

How far away from the original material the item is (e.g.,
the actual negative film or original videotape in the
camera). Generation data is used to evaluate the quality of
available copies, to make preservation decisions, and to
identify materials available for viewing and research.

d - Duplicate

e - Master

o - Original

r - Reference print/viewing copy

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

12 - Base of film

a - Safety base, undetermined

c - Safety base, acetate undetermined

d - Safety base, diacetate

i - Nitrate base

m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)

n - Not applicable

Item does not have a film base, e.g., paper film.

p - Safety base, polyester

r - Safety base, mixed

Mixed safety base films spliced together, but no
nitrate film.

t - Safety base, triacetate

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

13 - Refined categories of color

More specific color characteristics of the moving image
than are contained in 007/03 (Color).

a - 3 layer color

b - 2 color, single strip

c - Undetermined 2 color

d - Undetermined 3 color

e - 3 strip color

f - 2 strip color

g - Red strip

h - Blue or green strip

i - Cyan strip

j - Magenta strip

k - Yellow strip

l - S E N 2

m - S E N 3

n - Not applicable

p - Sepia tone

q - Other tone

r - Tint

s - Tinted and toned

t - Stencil color

u - Unknown

v - Hand colored

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

14 - Kind of color stock or print

Type of color film stock or color print the item
represents.

a - Imbibition dye transfer prints

b - Three-layer stock

c - Three layer stock, low fade

d - Duplitized stock

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

15 - Deterioration stage

Level of deterioration of the motion picture film.

a - None apparent

b - Nitrate: suspicious odor

c - Nitrate: pungent odor

d - Nitrate: brownish, discoloration, fading,
dusty

e - Nitrate: sticky

f - Nitrate: frothy, bubbles, blisters

g - Nitrate: congealed

h - Nitrate: powder

k - Non-nitrate: detectable deterioration

l - Non-nitrate: advanced deterioration

m - Non-nitrate: disaster

| - No attempt to code

16 - Completeness

Whether or not the item being cataloged is judged to be
complete.

c - Complete

i - Incomplete

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

| - No attempt to code

17-22 - Film inspection date

Six characters that indicate the most recent film
inspection date; the date is recorded in the pattern
ccyymm (century/year/month). A hyphen is used for
any unknown portion of the date. Six fill characters
(||||||) are used if no attempt is made to code these
character positions.